Posts tagged "P6PicoCart"

An affordable software-defined cartridge for the NEC PC-6001 series of computers, still under development. It will hopefully one day enable everything from ROM emulation to tape loading to virtual peripherals.

• June 3, 2025

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  One of the hot new trends in the 8-bit computer community is the development of “Pico carts.” By using a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller instead of a ROM, you can make a cool software-defined cartridge that can do basically anything. For instance, it can load a ROM. I decided to make a prototype one for my beloved NEC PC-6001 series of home computer.